वयोऽधिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱয়োঽধিক (Assamese script)
• ᬯᬬᭀऽᬥᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
• বয়োঽধিক (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰧𑰺𑱀𑰠𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑀬𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• ဝယော'ဓိက (Burmese script)
• વયોઽધિક (Gujarati script)
• ਵਯੋऽਧਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑌯𑍋𑌽𑌧𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦪꦺꦴऽꦣꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂨𑂷ऽ𑂡𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ವಯೋಽಧಿಕ (Kannada script)
• វយោៜធិក (Khmer script)
• ວໂຍ-ຘິກ (Lao script)
• വയോഽധിക (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠠᠶᢅᠣᢡᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘧𑘻ऽ𑘠𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠠ᠋ᠶ᠋ᢅᠣᠸᠠᢑᠾᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧇𑧜𑧡𑧀𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑐫𑑀𑑇𑐢𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଵଯୋଽଧିକ (Odia script)
• ꢮꢫꣂऽꢤꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑆪𑆾𑇁𑆣𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖧𑖺ऽ𑖠𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
• වයොධික (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾𑩻𑩕ऽ𑩮𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚣𑚴ऽ𑚜𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
• வயோ𑌽தி⁴க (Tamil script)
• వయోఽధిక (Telugu script)
• วโย-ธิก (Thai script)
• ཝ་ཡོ྅་དྷི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑒨𑒼𑓄𑒡𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑨪𑨆ऽ𑨜𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of वयस् (vayas) +‎ अधिक (adhika).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋɐ.jɐw.dʱi.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋɐˈjoː.d̪ʱi.kɐ/

Adjective

वयोऽधिक • (vayoʼdhika) stem

1. more in age, aged, senior

   Synonym: वृद्ध (vṛddha)

   • c. 500 BCE – 100 BCE, Rāmāyaṇa 2.47.10:

     सा नूनं नगरी दीना दृष्ट्वास्मान् राघवं विना ।
     भविष्यति निरानन्दा सस्त्रीबालवयोऽधिका ॥

     sā nūnaṃ nagarī dīnā dṛṣṭvāsmān rāghavaṃ vinā.
     bhaviṣyati nirānandā sastrībālavayoʼdhikā.

     She, the miserable city [Ayodhya] with women, children and the aged ones, on seeing us without Rāma, would become joyless.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of वयोधिक (vayodhika)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वयोधिकः vayodhikaḥ	वयोधिकौ / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikau / vayodhikā¹	वयोधिकाः / वयोधिकासः¹ vayodhikāḥ / vayodhikāsaḥ¹
Vocative	वयोधिक vayodhika	वयोधिकौ / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikau / vayodhikā¹	वयोधिकाः / वयोधिकासः¹ vayodhikāḥ / vayodhikāsaḥ¹
Accusative	वयोधिकम् vayodhikam	वयोधिकौ / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikau / vayodhikā¹	वयोधिकान् vayodhikān
Instrumental	वयोधिकेन vayodhikena	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकैः / वयोधिकेभिः¹ vayodhikaiḥ / vayodhikebhiḥ¹
Dative	वयोधिकाय vayodhikāya	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकेभ्यः vayodhikebhyaḥ
Ablative	वयोधिकात् vayodhikāt	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकेभ्यः vayodhikebhyaḥ
Genitive	वयोधिकस्य vayodhikasya	वयोधिकयोः vayodhikayoḥ	वयोधिकानाम् vayodhikānām
Locative	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकयोः vayodhikayoḥ	वयोधिकेषु vayodhikeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of वयोधिका (vayodhikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वयोधिका vayodhikā	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकाः vayodhikāḥ
Vocative	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकाः vayodhikāḥ
Accusative	वयोधिकाम् vayodhikām	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकाः vayodhikāḥ
Instrumental	वयोधिकया / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikayā / vayodhikā¹	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकाभिः vayodhikābhiḥ
Dative	वयोधिकायै vayodhikāyai	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकाभ्यः vayodhikābhyaḥ
Ablative	वयोधिकायाः / वयोधिकायै² vayodhikāyāḥ / vayodhikāyai²	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकाभ्यः vayodhikābhyaḥ
Genitive	वयोधिकायाः / वयोधिकायै² vayodhikāyāḥ / vayodhikāyai²	वयोधिकयोः vayodhikayoḥ	वयोधिकानाम् vayodhikānām
Locative	वयोधिकायाम् vayodhikāyām	वयोधिकयोः vayodhikayoḥ	वयोधिकासु vayodhikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of वयोधिक (vayodhika)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	वयोधिकम् vayodhikam	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकानि / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikāni / vayodhikā¹
Vocative	वयोधिक vayodhika	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकानि / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikāni / vayodhikā¹
Accusative	वयोधिकम् vayodhikam	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकानि / वयोधिका¹ vayodhikāni / vayodhikā¹
Instrumental	वयोधिकेन vayodhikena	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकैः / वयोधिकेभिः¹ vayodhikaiḥ / vayodhikebhiḥ¹
Dative	वयोधिकाय vayodhikāya	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकेभ्यः vayodhikebhyaḥ
Ablative	वयोधिकात् vayodhikāt	वयोधिकाभ्याम् vayodhikābhyām	वयोधिकेभ्यः vayodhikebhyaḥ
Genitive	वयोधिकस्य vayodhikasya	वयोधिकयोः vayodhikayoḥ	वयोधिकानाम् vayodhikānām
Locative	वयोधिके vayodhike	वयोधिकयोः vayodhikayoḥ	वयोधिकेषु vayodhikeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “वयोऽधिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 920, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “वयोधिक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1389